The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-12
Gen. Lake wright.

Journing hour, recess was tsken 10
O'Clock.
Gen. Lake wright.
The earnest look o1 the face Of Gen.
Luke Wright, ms he or So to address
the jury a. 2 O'Clock, showed that he
had something to say, and something
that he wanted to cay, and something
that he was going t mssn when he
did cay IL; and this lie the way he said
Il: May ii please he CouIt, and You,
gentlemen OF the jury, tn big gun oil
the prescott on has been fired. les re-
veTberatious have reeonDded, echoed
and ret choed, but it has signally
failed to reach it, mark. l will MOI
stop to crit cise he gentlen an only 30
far as to say this: He seem.d to for.
get that it was Russell Goodwin who
was on trial. Mrs. ]. ]. Pc k and John
r. Goodwin have been the targets at
which he directed the outpourIugs 1
his pent up feelings. Doesn't it show
went OF mauno d. Doesn't II
show q spirit cruel beyond express
sion? DJesn't il show fixed
purpose tn wound and u:h those
who are help ess 10 defend them
selves. Is there man within the
sound of my voice who listened to this
miserable trade without Indignation
swelling his heart? | there man Gu
tbat Jury who did not feel ike re-
sen ing it as direct insult to him
self? and do rot fe r influence Oh
you, because think It cOn only in
spire you W tn contempt Tnis has
not been a warfare on MN. DOES il
not excite y ur manly passions thst
this q res wor should be made on this
poor woman, lst because SIC ha
bsen 30 unto tunst5 ss TO have her
name Connect d with this dead man ?
What are we here 70 Ia ito hs,en
to trade of abnse poured ont upon
the head OF a defe selees woman Is
it fsir to the defendant to force him to
81 here and while he is on trial for his
life to force him TO ait here and listen
to the abuses heaped upon the head of
his sister, born of the same mCtneI
Tn f, honor Of hat si,te = .ood name
is dearer 10 him than lie, snd yet
he Is forced to Sit gu city by while
this fierce TRADE is poured into his
ears and sister and father are d jagged
through this sea of inf any. / have
hardly been able to restrain myself as
| sat there and listened 10 the gentle
man who, fr four hours, ioIgIt bis
own manhood-fOrgrt that woman
gave him birth AID nurssd him ut her
bosom Bat, gentlemen OF the jury,
we will put this ffomus We sre acre
for a different purpose. You were
not taken from your business to listen
to this stuff. You ara here to try a
law nit, and We will talk about tRat.
| What is meant by telling this jury that
the defendant is the ION OF q wealthy
mar Things have come to pretty
pass when such Arguments are m de
/ to il fience the verdict Of a jury. /
thi k see men on that Jury who
will rebuke such an insult with all he
esruestness OF their natures. And /
will say for the gentleman who has
the honor to be the A torney General
OF this county, that l thought ] had
the sati, faction to see a blush Of
shame mount his cheek when the
question was asked Mr.. Goodwin on
the stand, Are you not banker Z
But, gentlemen, l want to discuss the
testimony in this case. The gentle
men representing the State did not
have time to do 30. They we're toe
busy trying to blacKen the reputation
OF the eister to spend their time 10
discussing the evidence to cow ct the
b. other; and what terrible war they
have made on thi twltnes' She win
Oae abu es him because he lives in one
city and gives his d-ppsiuon IN al,
other; enItner abused him bee ause
he gave his d 'pos too at all, sayinl
that he shou d have come into cour
and test q ID, we'll knowing that the
only way p divided by law to get the
benefi OF the to inol y ( non-resi
dent witness is by deposition, Then
the last & 4ntlem'n, who is 80 prof. tiC
in this sort of warfare, tells the jay
that he was tramp; all this in he
face OF the fact that ne is contradicteC
by no witness in this record. Not q
word thai he sw ars t. does any Other
witness swear is no. true. Nor ia THU
all. STE on the back OF the indict
meat the sme Of F. e Snerwiu. You
Mr.. At orney &c ersl, though
he was god enough when you
heard that he was there ACC
saw the killing. You thought
him good enough then to make an Of
fort to procure him as witness FOL
the State; good en- ugh to hang God
win on his stmony. But Oh, how
corupt when no happens to tell som a.
thing to beDef; thu defendant. Mr.
Phil ps didn't see it, he was mp stairs
Archie Sneed was in the billiard
room; Mr.. Tuley's attention was calleC
by the pistol shot; Mr.. 0'Shsy hearC
the pistol shot Def re he knew whs
was going on; Mr.. Grey's attention
was attracted by noise aud the frs
he saw was the fash of the pistol aaC
Dalton's fac , was turned toward God
win. Hammond ard U ,ishaw saw
nothing until the firing attracted theil
attention. Leighton test fed the sam,
way. F. E Snerwin was right tbers ant
he test fed that he saw Dalton make I
move toward his hip pocket, that wis
the overt act. Not one witness con
tradict Snerwin. The States couu
sci bad attsc ed Sherwin virule atl,
dhu lalnON n kA0a uCal hDOub Lip ~
being here, and the defense having
taken his deposition. The State haC
been not I'D that the deposition
would bs taken, and had a right to b.
on hand t. test fly. No one had con
tradicted Sherwin. True, the s ate
couts had sad thai Sherwin was no
sitiug where he said he was, but no
body mad test fed that he was not.
THE OVERT ACT.
Upshsw Gays at the time OF tn,
shoot ng DA ton wasfacing southwest
aud thus corroborst 70 Sherwiu's test
mony as to the M lvem snt of the hand
toward the hip pocket. The move
ment of Da ton may not have beer
one calculated t. arouse the suspicion
of a mao expec ing no trouble, but tt
q man the enemy OF Dalton, and whit
had reason to believe that he was re
gsrded with hatred by Dalton, 1t wei
different; and If you find that Their,
Is a reasonable douot as to VII thsr o.
not Goodwin believed the act of DaltoI